Shipping receptacle



July 9, 929 W. T. BEVERLY SHIPING RECEPTAGLE Filed April 10. 1928Patented July 9, 1929.

maaar 'WALTER T. BEVERLY, 0F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SHIPPING RECEPTACLE.

Application led April 10,

illy invention relates to shipping, .receptacles` or containers, and iap-rovixaid with nonheal'condurtiinr walls, so that in that respect itis: somewl at like a lireleee cooker or a thermos bottle.

lily object is to provide a Shipping receptacle which will, 'lier aconsiderable period oll timei kee p the article Stripped, atapproximately the Saule temperature which it had when tiret placed inthe receptacle. To this,v end it specially useful ae a Shipping`receptacle for ice cream. The receptacle keepe the cream from melting,and thun the expense and disa `"reeable labor of packing in salted iceis obviatcd. But the receptacle and its contr-arte reach the customer inprime condition, and the can olf cream can be litted out ot thereceptacle whenever desired. ill/hen the cream has been emptied, thereceptacle containingthe empty can is 'ready to be returned. to the.mainiacturer dry and clean ready for another shipment. This ie a greatimprovement over the soggy, water-soaked shipping' receptacles now incommon use.

nolher object is to provide a Shipping' receptacle having an cuter wallof fabric surrorm'ding a. lilling et `ground cork or the like.

Still another object is to provide novel means tor securely clamping'the ends oit the outer labrlc cover to hold said cover taut at alltimes.

@ther objects will appear in the eubjoined description.

rthe invention consiste in certain novel teaturee of construction andarrangement ot parte, as will now be described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawin in which g- Fig. l ie a sideelevation of one of my shipping' receptacles.

Fi 2 is a vertical section ot the Same, with the cover omit-ted, and;Fig. 3 is a. sectional view, on an enlarged Scale, of a piece of thematerial used inside the outer flexible covering to prevent the leakingout oit the heatinsulating` material, when Said outer flexible cover issnagged.

A leading feature of the invention consists in a device for the purposedescribed, having au outer flexible covering Surrounding au innerreceptacle, with a lillingof ground cork or other heat insulatingmaterial lilled in between the two, with a lining` of water-ln'oofedpaper or other flexible material interposed between said outer wall andthe lilling of heat-il'isulating material, said 19:28. Serial No.268,985.

erably, tl'lough not necessarily, Vwaterproolied,

and whenever desired may be provided on ite4 inner Side with a eheet orlayer oit loose librous; material 3a or the like, which may be eitherSecured to the inner face ot the body 3, or may Simply be placed in engnement ther-ewn `h when the parte of the receptacle are br-ing'assembled in the process of makin p; the receptacle. Between the layersot fibrous material 3 and il and the wall 2 oit the inner metallic can,a filling et non-lleatcondiul4` inp material i made oi: ground cork,sawd est, or the like. At the top` ot the can in a comparatively broadiand 5 of wood or wood libre iiiterpoeed between the inner and the outerwalls ot the receptacle, and this .band ia covered on ite top and sides:with a, coi'eriiig' G of canvas; The inner can 2, at its top, ie rigidlySecured to this4 wooden band by naile or Screws 7, and, the outer 'all lis similarly Secured thereto by nails or screws 8. And the outerflexible wall of the device is provided with a narrow metallic band 9through which the nails or screws 8 pass` in order to keep their heads'from penetratineY and cntting; through the flexible outer wall l oil:the receptacle.

At ite bottom the device has a sheet of paper l0 irmnediately underneaththe betteln 2 of the inner metallic receptacle; and un- (lerneath thissheet ot paper which is preferably waterproote'd, is a wooden bottom llUnderneath this bottom ll is a` metallic outer bottom l2 provided onitsr upper tace with. a n annular groove or depreSSion 13. Near itsupper end the receptacle is provided with a reinforcing band 1.4i madepreferably oit the Same material as the outer wall l; and at its lowerend this outer wall is reinforced with a broad band l5; and the lowerend of the outer wall which is lapped with this reinforcing` band isturned inwardly nudeneath the wooden bottom ll, between the same and theouter metallic wall 12, so that there is a dead air space 16 betweensaid wooden bottom and said outer metallic bottom.

' A metallic ring or band 17 of the same diameter as the annular grooveor depression 13 (which groove is overlapped by the inturned lower endsof the flexible cover 1 and lapping band 15) is disposed on top of said.inturned portion of the outer wall 1 and imn'iediately above saidgroove 13, and pressed on its upper side by the Wooden bottom lll andforced thereby down toward said groove, whereby it exerts a bitingaction on said inturned flexible portions of the outer cover to holdthem secured in place. The receptacle at its bottom is also providedwith an outer metallic band 18 held in binding engagement with theperiphery of the metallic bottom 12, and secured to the wooden bottom 11by means of nails or screws 19.

The bottom 2n of the inner metallic can is secured to the wooden bottom11 by means of nailsor screws 20.

The receptacle is also provided on diametrically opposite sides withlifting straps each consisting' of two vertically disposed paralelstraps 21 rigidly secured to the outer cover of the can, and passingunderneath the reinforcing bands 14 and 15, and formed at their upperends just above the band 14t into an outturned loop 22 to form ahand-hold for handling the receptacle.

lThe receptacle is provided with a cap or covering 24, of any ordinaryor preferred construction, and may be formed integral with the `outercover 1 or may constitute a separate piece therefrom; but` as no claimismade to the cover of the receptacle, no particular cover is hereindescribed. l

The wooden or fibre band 5 at the top. of the device with the inner andouter walls both nailed thereto, and the wooden bottom 11 with both saidinner and outer walls also rigidly secure-d thereto, binds said partsvery strongly together at both the bottom and the top of the receptacle..And the wooden bottom 11 pressing upon the band which in turn pressesthe inturned lower end of the flexible cover and forcing the same intovthe annular" depression or groove 13 also Vbinds the wooden bottom 11,the metallic bottom 12, and the outer cover, into very rigid andpermanent engagement with each other.

In operation, when the outer cover 1 is snagged, the paper lining 3 willprevent the ground cork or other insulating filling l from leaking out;but if the paper lining 3 is also snagged the natural tendency ofanopening thus madein paper is to close, especially when pressed backfrom the inner side by a yielding mass of material such as the packing4;. This will prevent any ordinary leakingout of the filling 1l, but ifstill greater protection against leakage is desired, then the sheet oibatting 3 is employed at the inner side of the lining 3. This willrender it practically impossible for any of the filling t to leak out.,even though vthe cover be snagged very severely. 4

F rom the foregoing, it will bel seen that I have provided a shippingreceptacle of simple construction, but with its parts very stronglyunited together, and one from which the groun d cork or otherheat-insulating material cannot leal; out, even though the outer coverbe subjected to hard usage causing it to have snagged places in it. i

Havingnow1 described my invention, what I claim as new anddesire to haveprotected by Letters Patent is .A device of the character described,comprising an inner rigid vessel, and. a larger outer vessel withflexible walls surrounding said inner receptacle, said outer vesselhaving a lower metallic bottom with `an annular groove adjacent theouter periphery thereof a Wooden bottom for said outer receptacle, saidwooden lbottom being located above said metallic bottom, with the lowerend of the flexible wall of the `outer vessel turned inwardly betweensaid lower metallic bottom and said wooden bottom; a band ofthe samediameter as the groove in the metallic bottom, said p VALTER T. BEVERLY.

